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LOT 0709
Roman and Anglo-Saxon Bronze Brooch Collection
2ND-7TH CENTURY A.D.
1 1/4 - 2 3/8 in. (62 grams total, 31-61 mm).
Comprising: two bow brooches; an equal-arm brooch with incised decoration; a large portion of a Saxon cruciform brooch; a brooch with a teardrop-shaped cell; a hybrid brooch with enamelled lozenge-shaped central plate. [6, No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx Hansons Auctions, Derbyshire, UK.
Property of a Shropshire private collector.
Accompanied by an old identification ticket for the equal-armed brooch.
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Roman Silver and Bronze Artefact and Coin Group
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From a Suffolk collection. Property of a Scottish collector, acquired in 2013. -
Roman Redware Pottery Sherd with Achilles and Thetis
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From the upper part of a vessel, displaying a frieze of profile images and figural scenes from Graeco-Roman mythology: a musician in late Roman garments playing a harp (Orpheus?), a seated woman weaving with a distaff in her hand (Penelope?), a kneeling naked woman imploring a naked warrior fighting with shield and spear (Achilles and Thetis?). 202 grams, 18 cm
Acquired 1960s-1990s. From the late Alison Barker collection, a retired London barrister.
This terra sigillata fragment appears to have been part of a large tray. Elements of dying paganism were still used to celebrate the deeds of the new imperial heroes. Note the detailed late Roman clothing of the harpist, with a chlamys-paludamentum on the right shoulder and the tunic decorated with clavi and orbiculi. -
Roman Terracotta Wine Flagon
1st-2nd century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
With globular body, thick basal ring, tall columnar neck with biconical collar, single strap handle to the rear. 275 grams, 13.5 cm high
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of Surrey, UK, gentleman.
